Author: Requirements Management
User story vs use case vs “what are we trying to accomplish”
In this blog post, Leon Kotovich explains that requirements are not about user stories or use cases, but that you should use all available techniques to solve your problem correctly once you have defined it.
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Capture use case documents with DITA
Explore how to combine requirement gathering with documentation that development managers, developers, testers, and technical writers can re-purpose throughout the development cycle. The flexible extension mechanism in Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is becoming an industry standard for this kind of undertaking. In this article, you create a specialized schema for use case documentation.
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The Product Vision Board
This blog post from Roman Pichler presents a product vision board, a physical pin board or whiteboard that helps establish a clear goal and facilitates making informed investment decisions.
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Problems of UML as a Requirements Specification Language
This paper investigates the suitability of UML as a semiformal requirements specification language. It identifies and demonstrates various problems and deficiencies of UML, particularly concerning use case models and system decomposition.
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Software Requirements Impact on Technical Debt
This is a two part post by Brent Hoffman explores the impact of software requirements on technical debt. Part one defines technical debt and part two discusses the impact that software requirements can have on technical debt.
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The Credibility Gap in Software Requirements Traceability
In this serie of blog posts, Jim Reardan explains why and how the business process is the true point of origin and the most practical and robust context for requirements identification. He also discusses the best form to capture requirements.
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